Since pre-order information was released, fans have been speculating on how long early access to Star Wars: The Old Republic would be. Stephen Reid has said in the past that it will be a matter of days, not weeks. Now we know that the earliest players with pre-orders will receive access is 5 days in [...]

I pre-ordered within the first 2-3 minutes, but it will take at least 3 days to download (30 GB +), so why 5 days? everyone has to download for early access, and unless you live in Korea, a majority of that time will be spent in the loading screen.

I pre-ordered within the first 2-3 minutes, but it will take at least 3 days to download (30 GB +), so why 5 days? everyone has to download for early access, and unless you live in Korea, a majority of that time will be spent in the loading screen.

That's a good point, I didn't even think of that. I would hope their servers are extremely fast, but at the same time a lot of people will be downloading at once. We'll see how it goes I guess.

I believe theres around 750,000 pre-orders so far, I know not all will be allowed access in the 15th (That is determined by your pre-order date) but thats still a hell of a lot of leechers hehe. I foresee server crashes.